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of the watchman , ., ri p,;,,n per year two dom.ars â€” payable in ' frf 1 .. hut if not paid in advance two dollars '* ,< 4h-'.ts wil be charged cements inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts a r ' sr h s !, se que 11 insertion court orders eh.rged i rejt â– [ lii-tlier than these rates a liberal deduc 5r |. 0 _. who advertise by t he year ;,: ' t0 he editors must be post paid f^a ' " ' of robert g scott p cband master of masons or virginia i jjared Â«' inr request of james points i'''(!i monster of virginia on the 22d day of fjptiary 1850 on the laying of the corner ' 0 f the monument proposed to be erected washington on the capital square in the j of richmond iveknor floyd : the laying the first in the : noble edifice here lo be erected is *\ | e ied by the invitation of the chief ma t0 rale ofihe state which to us of the mystic â– Â» u understood to be a command the ma ix-dy have come hitherto act their the igmblest l ar '- 'Â° 1p ceremonies of ihis day â€” . j your direction sir and in consistency ifc lhe high duly imposed on lhe craft to be j loyal and obedient citizens of the slate le in assembled to render our profound horn to the shining virtues of the great dead â€” nd mv brethren friends and fellow citizens me what brings here this vast assemblage ? rjycjo we see gathered together the men of uojoiintain and of the seaboard ofthe north u tbe south from the potomac to the roan 0 te l'i e w l'i e locks ol aj mingling wiih lhe jjv faces of youth ? why come here all ci j.-es conditions orders and sects ? the fork shops stand still the daily pursuits of life ire suspended the courts of justice are closed ga ibe strife of legislative debate silent in ro ar:ial array with streaming banners stand gsder i'uig line of citizen soldiers of lhe -__-, and the deep-mouthed cannon is ready lo peak to every hill and valley but above all i brings to these ornamented grounds that goalless and lovely assemblage f the l-est nd purest of our god's work . this can be common occasion else we should not be tteered by the approving smiles of woman nely woman â€” she who blesses us in prosperi j it and is devotedly iaithful in the darkest hours o adversity the day the birth day ol our great ' chief long remembered and never wiih us passed uncelebrated and unhonored : it is not lhal no no it is not that which prompts to this i imposing ceremony virginia speaks another language â€” she decrees a monument io be erec j it today commences the work that work ! h is not to commemorate the birth day of a man but is to stand now and forever as a i ling and speaking evidence oi the affection and graliiude ol an enlightened virtuous and free people lo their first iheir greatest l.ene j facior it is the remembrance of illustrious ! seivices and unbounded devotion to the good of i mankind by one most preeminent and virtuous me magic power and angu-t influem e of whose j me all acknowledge gathers ns here it is tie name of washington half a century has | one by since in god's providence our conn i v lost him â€” and yet oh how deep and ihrill , jjare our feelings when his venerated name ! uttered the young and the old know his i biskry and talk of him as lhe best and great \ Â«( of mortal men that have ever lived his : name is lisped by the infant under the teach iogof the mother to admire his virtues and ! follow his bright example il is the common j and universal sentiment of all our people lo j look on him as one of surpassing greatness and i aurity of purpose it is not however with the i people of virginia or the united states alone al the vast proportions of his gigantic char | icier stand above all others in every civil ! ii country his name is never mentioned but j with affection and admiration go lo europe ! tuo seek lo know ; in england germany ila j !'\ france and even among the russians of ihe north and we learn his character is known i and his eminent virtues and signal services for â– his country unboundedly admired the sculp tor the painter ihe orator the poet and histo ] rian have each striven by some great effort to i be connected wiih the name of washington prom the poor but faithful mountain republic of san marino lo the rich and powerful gov j vernments of western europe all bow in rev ! rence lo the great american statesman and patriot and each cherishes among its richest i jewels the unadorned and simple portrait of washington what a wonderful triumph is ibis over lhe passions prejudices and doctrines ol past ages the plain modest unostalious planter of the potomac in our commonwealth bas become the admired of millions of lhe old orld , ofthe prince and potentate ofthe long lhe wise and the good ; of the peasant wd the lord of the people ofthe seine the rhine the danube and lhe thames the denounced traitor of 177 stands now the be loved of his countrymen and the admiration of be world such is and may such ever be the reward of such services and such transcendent irlues but i feel i invade the duties assigned to other vastly better qualified to speak of washington of his virtues his services and devotion to all lhat has made him the first a ongthe good and great i can however be weyou,my masonic brethren all here present lost appropriately allude to one oflhe best and nrest of the associations ol george washing l0 ". in nothing was he a common man all i undertakings were well considered and more ian well executed in none in his long life wi he display ibis striking quality of his head - i heart more strongly than by his early con fccl'ion with and unwavering adherence and de mion to the ancient order of free masonry d its liberal and philanthropic principles and ects learning from observation and re ciion the benevolent ends our association c iÂ«npd lo accomplish he at an early age de mined lo become one of us an honest ad tale of ihe equal and inalienable rights of â€¢*>_, he became satisfied that masonry had at i limes and under the harshest trials been unfaltering supporter of just and free prin ples in greece aud in venice â€” in the dark s â€” in ancient and modern limes â€” nay in all '. h s our washington found masonry true and fadfast in advancing lhe intellectual and mor ' 'â– improvement of the masses and the eleva n of man to that condition of equality and ppiness thai now blesses more than twenty millions of american freemen yes on ihis allowed spot hallowed henceforth and forever fce name of washington may 1 well say lnij in all truth declare that masonry has done much nay possibly more than all other as ' j*iÂ»u_ns lor tbe establishment of ibe just rights 0 | man broad comprehensive and never mdiiif i n ii s enf * si jt has steadily resisted r ng and oppression in all forms it has de d and overcome alike the commands of the , e8 h and the tortures of the inquisition it i8 riumphed morally over the seduction oj the carolina watchman bruner & james ) / " keet a check upon ______ your editors 4 proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and liberty is safe \ gen'l harrison \ volume vi number 49 salisbury n c thursday april 18 1850 power and lhe temptations lo render a servile obedience lo the most powerful monarchs of the earth iu our own loved land it has pn.v \ ed itself pure and devoted to the principles of morality and stable free government and why â€” oh why should not the name of washington be most intimately associated wiih such an institution ? he thoroughly studied and knew all thai concerned it in the closet he pondered over its designs ; in the camp he : ministered at ils altar and when war with ali trials sufferings and carna_e had ceased to desolate his native rountry ; when peace bro'i happiness and liberty to every fire side still he is the same steadfast masonic teacher and ils unchanged friend neither lhe patronage of power nor the advance of age ever chilled his ardent attachment to our ancient order or made him less an active and a working mason â€” ac ! live in all its charities and working to jjive it an eternal endurance in his youth george j washington became a mason here is the record of his initiation and here loo i exhibit the bible then used in the lodge and which i as we ail know is the first and greatest light of masonry in infancy he had been baptised in the church of christ of which he remained to his dealh an humble and pious member here i exhioit io you the cloak thai covered the in i fan washington in ihe arms of lhat admirable ! mother at the moment of the ceremony and ' who taught him the ways ot virtue and religion j here the speaker held up lhe cloak which the immense audience hailed with cheers on the 4lh of november 1752 in lodge no 4 in the town of fredericksburg he be ! came one of us my masonic breihren â€” and you of that lodge who stand here today the representatives of your illustrious ancestors ! who were the compatriots of washington and j of mercer should ever hold these relics of by ; gone days in the deepest reverence he hesi j laled not and on the 3d of march 1753 was passed a fellow craft and on the 4th day of august 1753 was raised to the sublime de i gree of a master mason â€” and a master in deed did he thenceforth prove himself to be â€” ', master of all our mysteries ; bul more lhan all lhat a master deeply imbued with and ever practising those charming virtues thai adorn our association when lhe mighty struggle came with our fatherland and he was called by lhe united voice of his country lo lead her armies and guide her destiny ; when heavily taxed by the cares of office and command and his herculean frame was almcst borne to the earth with the grave and innumerable demands on his lime and intellectual powers he often devoted hours to the soft and chastening duties | of masonry frequently when surrounded by i a brilliant staff be would pari from the gay as semblage and seek the instruction of the lodge there lived in 1842 in our sister state ohio captain hugh maloy then ninety-three years old who was initiated a mason in the marquee of washington he officiating and presiding ti the ceremony would lhat ihai venerable man was among us this day to bear his testimony to this maiked incident in the life of his great j captain â€” that captain who could cheerfully turn from the world ils pleasures temptations and â– powers and meet on the square the plumb and j the level one of the humblest in his camp â€” how lovely how surpassingly beautiful in all j | that commands the respect and admiration of ! | the good are such practices maloy was known j to washington to be a good man and true and j in the sincere and bright spirit of masonry he hailed him as a brother faithful to our prin ciples and never hailing in his duty an inci i dent occurred during our revolutionary war which afforded him an opportunity to display them practically to the enemy a detachment i of the american army had met and gallantly j overcome a briiish force and captured from j them the working tools jewels and clothing of a military travelling lodge washington learn ' ed this and would as soon have sanctioned the i plundering of a church as to have approved lhe retention of the booty he ordered and made its restoration under a strong military es cort accompanied by the declaration that his countrymen waged no war against philanlhro j.hy and benevolence the hour of peace arrived our beloved great man had passed untouched and unharm ed through many a hard fought battle and a kind and watchful providence had guarded and saved him for a long life of after usefulness his military labors terminated on lhe heights of yorktown in that village was lodge no 9 where alter lhe siege had ended washing ton and lafayette marshall and nelson came together and by iheir union bore abiding tes timony to the beautiful tenets of masonry â€” the simple white apron ; the unsoiled and un spotted lamb skin i wear were the property of that lodge retire nent to the quiet shades of mount vernon did not remove washington from his masonic labors and usefulness on the 2sih day of april 1738 edmund randolph lhe ihen grand master aud governor ol vir ginia issued a charter to alexandria lodge no 22 â€” of this lodge washington was a member and was constant and punctual and ever ready to communicate light and instruc tion â€” that light which time has never deemed and ihai instruction the bountiful fruits of which are manifested in lhe uniform prosperity ol the lodge and its now numerous and respectable attendance here elevated shortly after this to the first office in lhe republic he is yet found in constant corre-pondence and active connec tion wiih the masonic body his letters writ ten in 1783 1784 1790 1791 1792 and 1797 speak lhe language of a true faithful and ar dent follower of masonary at all times whe ther in the working ot lodges or iu the open ceremonies of public occasions he was ready lo perform his part when the capitol of the nation was commenced he was present and the leading actor on that occasion but he was there as a mason this marble mallet or master's gavel was ihen used by him and is the properly of georgetown lodge in the dis trict of columbia this apron and sash here the speaker held up ihese ancient relics adorn ed his noble form he understood the use of the one and the high moral instruction derived from the oilier wiih these simple relics of olden limes how many and interesting associa tions spring up that apron and sash were in 1824 moistened with lhe tears of the gallant frenchman who toiled and shed his blood for us they are yet the properly of alexandria lodge and the liberal gills of lafayette to his brother washington inestimably valuable as this connection renders them oh how precious and above all price do they become especially | wiih you my country-women when we know j they were prepared at la grange and arc the . work of the fair hands of madame de lafay i etie keep and p.eserve them my kind bro thers of lodge no 22 unused and unworn by | any the most elevated and distinguished they are sacred legacies to you and never can be looked on thai the mighty name and virtues of washington do not freshly spring up before us | the master's chair loo was given by wash \ ington to the same lodge he often occupied i it and may it continue lo be adorned by sue } cessors who may imitate but can never equal 1 the donor in wisdom strength and beauty â€” j such is an imperfect and half-finished out-line of his masonic character and services he died as he had lived devotedly one of us and | was buried as he desired with masonic hon ors if we look for a bright and spotless example j â€” if we seek for light and truth â€” if we desire j lo follow lhe blazing pathway of a noble spirit i then washington should be our beacon light ! by him we may be guided as by a cloud by day and a pillar of lire by night as the great exemplar of our order he never failed to incul cale " peace on earth and good will lo all men i around him shone lesser lights many of j them had they lived in other periods would i have given lustre to their times but he stands i not alone in the temple as the chief key and cap stone of lhal temple he is sustained and supported by other tried and trusty workmen ! franklin the scholar and he patriot â€” warren ! the tirsl grand master of masons in america ! and who died loved and admired gallantly bat j tling for his country â€” lafayette greene mar ! shall mercer and randolph were his masonic associates it is of such as these that our tem ple has been erected they are the examples of our own country the bright and shining lights of our order adding power and beauty lo all its parts the historian informs us that all the major generals of the revolutionary army except one were master masons each of ihem had beheld that hieroglyphic bright which none but craftsmen ever saw and all save lhat benighted one died respec ted and beloved he alone proved a traitor and went lo his grave stamped with the infamy cf a traitor turning to our time the lights of masonry burn yel brilliantly how many of our best and purest do we find united with its hopes its prospects and its fortunes look around us now and behold the men who blush not at being hailed as sincere and honest masons and esteem themselves honor ed with being this day with us end dressed with the simple badge of a white apron yes iu this stand is the governor of our state the re spected first officer of the commonwealth he is one of us shall i tell you who sits beside him 1 does the hero of tbe rio grande the victor of buena vista the elected president of the nation who has long served his country with devotion and fidelity and although not one of us require a higher compliment than io say thai he too will meet us as a brother but among us we have some young members and devoted associates ; our old friend and amiable brave and true selden the hero of chapultapec ; and the sterling soldier too of the ancient county of amelia he who glorious ly won his brevet at resaca de la palma â€” the gallant graham â€” they are others ofthe craft well may this the greatest assemblage of masons ever collected in this commonwealth exclaim ** how lovely and how beautiful it is for brethren to dwell together in harmony and peace the power and the influences of our order are most happily exemplified so great indeed have these been known to be lhat in the heat and fury of the battle strife when men even the red and wild indians of ihe forest were maddened by rage and the scalping knife and tomahawk were reeking with the blood of their victims a single word has stricken down and paralized the uplifted arm of the warrior and saved his prostrate and helpless foe such i was ihe case at the river raisin but i forbear â€” i have passed the limits im posed on myself there is but one sentiment which pervades lhe hearts of this vast mulli tude but one desire lhat animates us all ; it is that this monument with which the honor and gratitude of the state are now indissolubly as sociated may be speedily and successfully com pleted and spirits of our departed fathers we ask you to look down on us and encourage us with your smiles and your blessings in this our great and laudable undertaking love geography â€” bob where is the state of matrimony it is one of the united states it is bounded by bugging and kissing on the one side and cradles and babies on the other its chief products are population broomsticks and slaying out of nights â€” it was discovered by adam and eve while trying to find a north west passage out of paradise the climate is sultry till you pass the tropics of house keeping when squally weather commonly sets in with sufficient power to keep all hands as cool as cucumbers for the principal roads to this interesting state consult the first pair of blue eyes you run against !" playing the amiable amorous young gentlemen should be cautious of borrow ing poetry a lover was once whispering expressions of admiration in the ear of his mistress â€” and borrowed a sentimental strain from philip sydney when he paused from failure of recollection the la dy said â€” pray sir go on the next i page is much better from the charlotte journal mr stanly tbe enemies of this gentleman are so intent on injuring him if possible that an attempt has been made to excite the methodists against him by stating that he had referred to the ministry of that body as the hundred dollar fellows by way of derision as we had not seen the report j in full of that part of his speech we could not tell whether the charge wasjust or not but we now give the extract in full as re ported in the globe and we are certain that not a methodist of the strictest sect can take exceptions to his remarks he ; does refer to tbe ministry as the hundred j dollar men but not in a spirit of derision bot a spirit of approbation how could he be otherwise when we learn that he i has a brother in the ministry but here is the extract let every person read it for himself the honorable gentleman from alaba j ma commenced this morning hy saying that he was a member of the methodist episcopal church yes and i referred to the fact yesterday in courtesy he pro mulgates it this morning i know it and the country knows it â€” from extracts which have been published from his ser i mons he is one of those gentlemen i j doubt not who desire to procure the eclat ; ofthe galleries and the compliments of the i ladies for his sermons and he comes here j this morning to pour out his malice upon me i cannot but have respect for its i clergy in spite of the exhibition we have had here this morning they are the pi j oneers of religion in our country they i are not like the gentleman from alabama ! who knows a great deal more about vat | te kynkershnek and grotius de jure j belli than ofthe epistles of st peter st paul or st james but they are these j hundred dollar men who take their sad \ die-bags and ride through our american i forrests sending forth glad tidings oi great joy to the black and to the white they | are to religion what our yankees are to commerce they go where nobody else go and do not preach for glory or for pay or any thing of that sort they do not dance attendance on the great â€” are not frequent in park with lady at his side # # # " # constant at routs familiar with a round of ladyships through these men the poor have the gospel preached unto them the nashville convention â€” from all we can learn from our exchanges there is a great deal more opposition to the pro posed nashville convention than we had any thought there would have been pa j pers from all parts cf the south have come to band containing resolutions op j posed to it they give as a reason that j the proposed convention they fear will \ have a tendency to weaken the bonds | that hold the states together we remark [ however a universal spirit of opposition i to anything calculated to compromise the j honor of the south those who are in favor of the nashville convention are sincere in the belief of its efficacy if not to adjust the present difficulty at least to strengthen the hands of southern congress men ; whilst the opposers of the conven â€¢ tion take the ground that it will tend to wards disunion trammel our representa ' tives in congress or at least do no good to a fair difference of opinion fairly ex , pressed no thinking man ought to object ; nor do we but we do object to the spir it in which both these southern parties oppose each other what good can it do the south lo hear one party call the other disunionists and demagogues and to hear the other party retaliate by calling out traitor abolitionist ally of the northern fanatics cc 1 no ; let every man and every paper express an opinion in a manly and fearless manner but at the i same time treat their opponents with gen erosity give them credit for sincerity it is not right to suppose that one who ! may be opposed to us in opinion is cor | rupt our own sincere opinion is that | the nashville convention is not calcula ted to do good did we think otherwise we would undoubtedly advocate the hol i ding of said convention for our opinion i sincerely held and openly expressed we 1 do not like to be classed amongst the op : ponents of the south such conduct as we have attempted to ' describe places the south in a false posi tion it tends to send for an idea that the south is not united â€” that should an emergency come her people would not stick together for mutual protection and assistance now we all know that such is not the case ; for no matter how differ ent may be the means proposed by the different parties the end and aim of all is the same â€” the prosperity of their common south then gentlemen editors and pel iticians quit calling each other hard names differ as much as you please in i your opinions but express those opinions like gentlemen â€” n c argus oct the standard represents the times as being " out for equal suffrage as well as for judges by the people we are in favor ofthe next legislature submitting lhe question to the people wheiher they desire these things ; and also the election of justices of the peace hy the - people and we remarked " the proper lime to discuss tbe principles involved will be when they come regularly before the people for tbeir ! action â€” raleigh times we must confess that we are not deep ly mortified to see the disorganizing con vention nt nashville so universally con demned by all the prints professing amer icanism and patrotism the hartford convention during the last war with eng land should warn the advocates of lhe anticipated one at nashville of their doom the plain up and down fact of lhe busi ness is our people enjoy too man it liberties to hazard for a moment the stability of the union the world is too much interest ed in our thus far happy project of self government it would not be altogether right now to dissolve the firm and thus crush forever its brightest hopes it would be worse than cruel fratricide to extin guish forever the latent sparks of freedom in every land that are kept alive solely by the wind from the wings of our noble bird as he takes his course heavenward freedom's cause knows no bound â€” it is not local but encircles with a sympathet ic chord the habitable globe it has vo taries in every clime and all animated by the same glorious and liberalizing aspira tions for fraternity and equality dis solve the union ? never ! it is too pre cious in all that lends heat to lhe political heart and in all that is nourishing to pa triotism to be thus idly swept away no we will maintain it ; and to do so we are prepared to stand the hazard of the die let disunionists and foreign emissaries croak bark and plot yet ihey will be sad ly mistaken in believing that americans do not know their rights and liberties and knowing them will not maintain them at every hazard one and inseperable we cannot we will not be dissevered we take the above from lhat spirited and fearless paper the brandon miss republican the republican is publish ed some dozen miles from jackson and speaks right out in meeting in condemna tion of the nashville convention â€” mobile advertiser navigation of new river fcc in the senate on wednesday last mr mangum presented a memorial signed hy three hundred citizens of onslow county in this state in favor of the improvement ofthe navigation of new river and the establishment of a port of entry at jack sonville onslow mr m in presenting the petition said it was signed by three hundred of the most respectable citizens of the community in which they reside in the county of onslow north carolina it represented that the river which passes through that portion ofthe state is obstructed by shoals at the point at which it enters the coun | ty and the petitioners pray that a small appropriation be made for the purpose of removing these obstructions the peti tion sets forth that in that immediate vi cinity the waters are not navigable for more than twenty miles and that the pro ductions of turpentine corn cotton and various other articles cannot be easily transported he knew this to be so and that the land there was as fertile as that of any region in the country that part ofthe country was most abundantly sup plied also with naval stores of every de scription â€” the finest forrests the largest trees that he had ever seen except upon the banks of tbe cumberland â€” which were useless on account of the difficulty in getting them to the ocean he thought that if appropriations were ever made no place could be found where the appro priation to the extent which was asked could be more usefully made very little had been asked by this portion of the country and they had uniformly received less than any others he trusted that the petition would meet with a due and favor able consideration the boston transcript says that dr webster's family were wholly unprepared for the terrible result of his trial they had secured their own passage and that of professor webster at his direction for fayal for the 20th of this month they have all along had the strongest persua sion of his innocence ; and were complete ly prostrated by the overwhelming intel ligence of his conviction the times says that a letter of condo lence to the unfortunate family is now in circulation in the city of cambridge and already contains a large number of names among which are ihose ofthe hon jared sparks hon edward everett and judge s p p fay the character of the paper is to assure the alllicted family that not withs'anding the sad fate of the husband and father the wife and daughters will continue as ever to he respected esteemed and beloved by their friends and that all that can be done will be done to comfort and support them under this terrible bur den of affliction prussic acid in cholera in the lon don medical ttÂ«i allopathic of nov 12 1349 dr downing mentions his having used prussic acid in extreme collapse with manifest advantage mr shea at dr d.'s suggestion tried it in more than one hundred cases of cholera and stated his conviction lhat it was superior tu any thing that he had ever before employed he had given it to children as young as nine months old wiih excellent effect and he had never in anv case foond prejudi cial effects follow its use both ol those gentlemen are of the allopathic or r gu | lar practice gen taylor col bliss mrs bliss j â€” a washington correspondent of he boston journal writes as follows : â€” general taylor i have seen he is " rough and ready â€” plain and hearty in his address â€” and doul-tless mos at home when most re tired from the ceremonies of his office he is in good health wbicb is well preserved by his regular habits ; he is '* early to bed and early to rise as i am inlorm<-d i > y one who sleeps under the same roof he seldom rides in his carriage ; and when free from lhe duiies of his position finds quiet and repose in his homecir cle which is made inviting and happy by his good wile who is seldom seen public lien erai taylor aud lady are regular attendants up on the st john's episcopal church service the former always preset in moining the latter both pails ofthe day 1 saw them last si.nday al church and on iheir way home walking â€” therel-y giving rest lo man servant and bea 14 within thy gales mrs taylor is an ac cornplished lady of high morals and religious character and atoi is public life from eh i.*e ; choosing to be th faithful wife of " '/.. taylor rather lhan lo participate in he honors and gaieties oftbe white house col bliss is worthy of the fame he enjoys he is a gentleman rather below the medium height â€” stoul built â€” ol tine clear dark complex ion and quite bald he is very quiet and un assuming in his nanner not talkative always calm like collector greely he is iruly clever both iu the mericao and english acceptation oflhe term 'â€¢ genteel in tijuri easy in dn ss moves without noise and swift as an express l-<-(x>rts a message with a pleasing grace expert in all the dtiu.-s of ins place 1 mrs bliss is worthy of more celebrity than she enjoys at the evening receptions she does ibe honors ol the hour and well she acts her part she has a kind word and a sweet smile lor each of lhe hundreds lhal crowd her presence she is of light complexion rather under the medium size of fine figure and re markably chaste in her d.ess long may she live lo make happy lhe brave man of herj'ath er's choice an 1 to honor her sire who has so much honored her old whiten alias billy is now eighteen years old and occupies ihe stable east of the while louse he has served in florida and in mexico has liorne ibe old general over ma ny a battle field and now shoeless is reaping lhe rewards he so richly deserves he bears two ball wounds oue upon the neck lhe other upon the right hip hundreds weekly visit tho old war horse and feel lhe prints ol lhe balls from the richmond whig of april 3 1850 shower of flesh about 4 o'clock p m yesterday being l-ood friday a small cloud passed over mr chas h clarke and several of my servants a few paces from tbe south bank of pamunkey river in lhe lower end of hanover county va on the estate called faimington and discharg ed around the parlies over a surface of some thing less than one rod of ground various pie cies ot flesh and liver too wei defined in each sort to allow of any mistake in their character i gathered this morning from the spot about 4 to 6 oz distributed over the above mentioned suitace the pieces picked up at the remotest points in a line from n e to s w were a lÂ»oul 5 paces from each other one weighed near an ounce the direction of the cloud was irom n e to s w as described by mr c who is a gentleman of intelligence and estab lished credibility mr brown with mysell visited the spot this morning and all aided iu picking 15 lo 20 pieces which 1 have by me at this moment and from which 1 send you a sample aud desire il may be passed over lo dr gibson thai he may ascertain what of flesh il is the flesh and liver are in a perfect stale al this moment and the latter part 1 shall put in alchobol for lhe future inspection of the curious something of tin sort was published as occurring leceutly in north carolina i think and a year or two since also in ken lucky or tennessee those who are fond of portents are informed thai this flesh leil within a hundred yards of my servants burying ground and the cloud must have passed directly over that as well as the graves of my own immediate ancestors â€” i have neither lime space or inclination for comment i>ut am respectfully yours g w besse rr clover lea march 30th 1_5u cotton factories in the west the new orleans bulletin mentions the ar rival at lhal place of a large quantity ol ma chinery de-lined for a large cotton factory 10 be established at ca.i.ielion indiana with a capital of 350,000 all of which is paid in the factory is situated on a beautiful site on tbe ohio river in a village where ten years ago was a complete wilderness but which now contains a population of 3000 inhabitants the bulletin asks wiih a great deal of pro prietv a question which should address itself lo the entire south : " when will louisiana a waken to ihe immense advantages of such es tablishments here ." millions of pigeons â€” letters from in diar.a complain lhat some of the pigeon roosts cover the forests for miles destroy ing the timber a letter from laurel savs ; i am completely worn down the pigeons are roosting all through the wuoils and the roost extends for miles â€” our neighbors and ourselves bave for several ni__ht had to build large lires and kf-ep up the report of lire-arms to scare them off while 1 write within a f*iirtr ter ofa mile there are 30 guns firing â€” the pigeon come in such large tiantities as to destroy a great deal of timber break limbs oft large trees and even tear up some by the roots th woods are cov ered with dead pigeons how to be happy â€” __ little child seven years old one da said to her mo her â€” mother i have learned how to be happy and shall always be happy my dear said her mother how can that be done ?"' she said it is by not caring anything a bout myself bul trying to make everybody else happy o ! children this is the way â€” love god and love to do good to all a round you and ou will be happy qq^the legislature of the s'ate of massachusetts decided last week by a vote of two hundred and sixty to one that certain fanatics who bad petitioned for the dissolution oflhe union might h.ve leave to withdraw their petitions

of the watchman , ., ri p,;,,n per year two dom.ars â€” payable in ' frf 1 .. hut if not paid in advance two dollars '* ,< 4h-'.ts wil be charged cements inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts a r ' sr h s !, se que 11 insertion court orders eh.rged i rejt â– [ lii-tlier than these rates a liberal deduc 5r |. 0 _. who advertise by t he year ;,: ' t0 he editors must be post paid f^a ' " ' of robert g scott p cband master of masons or virginia i jjared Â«' inr request of james points i'''(!i monster of virginia on the 22d day of fjptiary 1850 on the laying of the corner ' 0 f the monument proposed to be erected washington on the capital square in the j of richmond iveknor floyd : the laying the first in the : noble edifice here lo be erected is *\ | e ied by the invitation of the chief ma t0 rale ofihe state which to us of the mystic â– Â» u understood to be a command the ma ix-dy have come hitherto act their the igmblest l ar '- 'Â° 1p ceremonies of ihis day â€” . j your direction sir and in consistency ifc lhe high duly imposed on lhe craft to be j loyal and obedient citizens of the slate le in assembled to render our profound horn to the shining virtues of the great dead â€” nd mv brethren friends and fellow citizens me what brings here this vast assemblage ? rjycjo we see gathered together the men of uojoiintain and of the seaboard ofthe north u tbe south from the potomac to the roan 0 te l'i e w l'i e locks ol aj mingling wiih lhe jjv faces of youth ? why come here all ci j.-es conditions orders and sects ? the fork shops stand still the daily pursuits of life ire suspended the courts of justice are closed ga ibe strife of legislative debate silent in ro ar:ial array with streaming banners stand gsder i'uig line of citizen soldiers of lhe -__-, and the deep-mouthed cannon is ready lo peak to every hill and valley but above all i brings to these ornamented grounds that goalless and lovely assemblage f the l-est nd purest of our god's work . this can be common occasion else we should not be tteered by the approving smiles of woman nely woman â€” she who blesses us in prosperi j it and is devotedly iaithful in the darkest hours o adversity the day the birth day ol our great ' chief long remembered and never wiih us passed uncelebrated and unhonored : it is not lhal no no it is not that which prompts to this i imposing ceremony virginia speaks another language â€” she decrees a monument io be erec j it today commences the work that work ! h is not to commemorate the birth day of a man but is to stand now and forever as a i ling and speaking evidence oi the affection and graliiude ol an enlightened virtuous and free people lo their first iheir greatest l.ene j facior it is the remembrance of illustrious ! seivices and unbounded devotion to the good of i mankind by one most preeminent and virtuous me magic power and angu-t influem e of whose j me all acknowledge gathers ns here it is tie name of washington half a century has | one by since in god's providence our conn i v lost him â€” and yet oh how deep and ihrill , jjare our feelings when his venerated name ! uttered the young and the old know his i biskry and talk of him as lhe best and great \ Â«( of mortal men that have ever lived his : name is lisped by the infant under the teach iogof the mother to admire his virtues and ! follow his bright example il is the common j and universal sentiment of all our people lo j look on him as one of surpassing greatness and i aurity of purpose it is not however with the i people of virginia or the united states alone al the vast proportions of his gigantic char | icier stand above all others in every civil ! ii country his name is never mentioned but j with affection and admiration go lo europe ! tuo seek lo know ; in england germany ila j !'\ france and even among the russians of ihe north and we learn his character is known i and his eminent virtues and signal services for â– his country unboundedly admired the sculp tor the painter ihe orator the poet and histo ] rian have each striven by some great effort to i be connected wiih the name of washington prom the poor but faithful mountain republic of san marino lo the rich and powerful gov j vernments of western europe all bow in rev ! rence lo the great american statesman and patriot and each cherishes among its richest i jewels the unadorned and simple portrait of washington what a wonderful triumph is ibis over lhe passions prejudices and doctrines ol past ages the plain modest unostalious planter of the potomac in our commonwealth bas become the admired of millions of lhe old orld , ofthe prince and potentate ofthe long lhe wise and the good ; of the peasant wd the lord of the people ofthe seine the rhine the danube and lhe thames the denounced traitor of 177 stands now the be loved of his countrymen and the admiration of be world such is and may such ever be the reward of such services and such transcendent irlues but i feel i invade the duties assigned to other vastly better qualified to speak of washington of his virtues his services and devotion to all lhat has made him the first a ongthe good and great i can however be weyou,my masonic brethren all here present lost appropriately allude to one oflhe best and nrest of the associations ol george washing l0 ". in nothing was he a common man all i undertakings were well considered and more ian well executed in none in his long life wi he display ibis striking quality of his head - i heart more strongly than by his early con fccl'ion with and unwavering adherence and de mion to the ancient order of free masonry d its liberal and philanthropic principles and ects learning from observation and re ciion the benevolent ends our association c iÂ«npd lo accomplish he at an early age de mined lo become one of us an honest ad tale of ihe equal and inalienable rights of â€¢*>_, he became satisfied that masonry had at i limes and under the harshest trials been unfaltering supporter of just and free prin ples in greece aud in venice â€” in the dark s â€” in ancient and modern limes â€” nay in all '. h s our washington found masonry true and fadfast in advancing lhe intellectual and mor ' 'â– improvement of the masses and the eleva n of man to that condition of equality and ppiness thai now blesses more than twenty millions of american freemen yes on ihis allowed spot hallowed henceforth and forever fce name of washington may 1 well say lnij in all truth declare that masonry has done much nay possibly more than all other as ' j*iÂ»u_ns lor tbe establishment of ibe just rights 0 | man broad comprehensive and never mdiiif i n ii s enf * si jt has steadily resisted r ng and oppression in all forms it has de d and overcome alike the commands of the , e8 h and the tortures of the inquisition it i8 riumphed morally over the seduction oj the carolina watchman bruner & james ) / " keet a check upon ______ your editors 4 proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and liberty is safe \ gen'l harrison \ volume vi number 49 salisbury n c thursday april 18 1850 power and lhe temptations lo render a servile obedience lo the most powerful monarchs of the earth iu our own loved land it has pn.v \ ed itself pure and devoted to the principles of morality and stable free government and why â€” oh why should not the name of washington be most intimately associated wiih such an institution ? he thoroughly studied and knew all thai concerned it in the closet he pondered over its designs ; in the camp he : ministered at ils altar and when war with ali trials sufferings and carna_e had ceased to desolate his native rountry ; when peace bro'i happiness and liberty to every fire side still he is the same steadfast masonic teacher and ils unchanged friend neither lhe patronage of power nor the advance of age ever chilled his ardent attachment to our ancient order or made him less an active and a working mason â€” ac ! live in all its charities and working to jjive it an eternal endurance in his youth george j washington became a mason here is the record of his initiation and here loo i exhibit the bible then used in the lodge and which i as we ail know is the first and greatest light of masonry in infancy he had been baptised in the church of christ of which he remained to his dealh an humble and pious member here i exhioit io you the cloak thai covered the in i fan washington in ihe arms of lhat admirable ! mother at the moment of the ceremony and ' who taught him the ways ot virtue and religion j here the speaker held up lhe cloak which the immense audience hailed with cheers on the 4lh of november 1752 in lodge no 4 in the town of fredericksburg he be ! came one of us my masonic breihren â€” and you of that lodge who stand here today the representatives of your illustrious ancestors ! who were the compatriots of washington and j of mercer should ever hold these relics of by ; gone days in the deepest reverence he hesi j laled not and on the 3d of march 1753 was passed a fellow craft and on the 4th day of august 1753 was raised to the sublime de i gree of a master mason â€” and a master in deed did he thenceforth prove himself to be â€” ', master of all our mysteries ; bul more lhan all lhat a master deeply imbued with and ever practising those charming virtues thai adorn our association when lhe mighty struggle came with our fatherland and he was called by lhe united voice of his country lo lead her armies and guide her destiny ; when heavily taxed by the cares of office and command and his herculean frame was almcst borne to the earth with the grave and innumerable demands on his lime and intellectual powers he often devoted hours to the soft and chastening duties | of masonry frequently when surrounded by i a brilliant staff be would pari from the gay as semblage and seek the instruction of the lodge there lived in 1842 in our sister state ohio captain hugh maloy then ninety-three years old who was initiated a mason in the marquee of washington he officiating and presiding ti the ceremony would lhat ihai venerable man was among us this day to bear his testimony to this maiked incident in the life of his great j captain â€” that captain who could cheerfully turn from the world ils pleasures temptations and â– powers and meet on the square the plumb and j the level one of the humblest in his camp â€” how lovely how surpassingly beautiful in all j | that commands the respect and admiration of ! | the good are such practices maloy was known j to washington to be a good man and true and j in the sincere and bright spirit of masonry he hailed him as a brother faithful to our prin ciples and never hailing in his duty an inci i dent occurred during our revolutionary war which afforded him an opportunity to display them practically to the enemy a detachment i of the american army had met and gallantly j overcome a briiish force and captured from j them the working tools jewels and clothing of a military travelling lodge washington learn ' ed this and would as soon have sanctioned the i plundering of a church as to have approved lhe retention of the booty he ordered and made its restoration under a strong military es cort accompanied by the declaration that his countrymen waged no war against philanlhro j.hy and benevolence the hour of peace arrived our beloved great man had passed untouched and unharm ed through many a hard fought battle and a kind and watchful providence had guarded and saved him for a long life of after usefulness his military labors terminated on lhe heights of yorktown in that village was lodge no 9 where alter lhe siege had ended washing ton and lafayette marshall and nelson came together and by iheir union bore abiding tes timony to the beautiful tenets of masonry â€” the simple white apron ; the unsoiled and un spotted lamb skin i wear were the property of that lodge retire nent to the quiet shades of mount vernon did not remove washington from his masonic labors and usefulness on the 2sih day of april 1738 edmund randolph lhe ihen grand master aud governor ol vir ginia issued a charter to alexandria lodge no 22 â€” of this lodge washington was a member and was constant and punctual and ever ready to communicate light and instruc tion â€” that light which time has never deemed and ihai instruction the bountiful fruits of which are manifested in lhe uniform prosperity ol the lodge and its now numerous and respectable attendance here elevated shortly after this to the first office in lhe republic he is yet found in constant corre-pondence and active connec tion wiih the masonic body his letters writ ten in 1783 1784 1790 1791 1792 and 1797 speak lhe language of a true faithful and ar dent follower of masonary at all times whe ther in the working ot lodges or iu the open ceremonies of public occasions he was ready lo perform his part when the capitol of the nation was commenced he was present and the leading actor on that occasion but he was there as a mason this marble mallet or master's gavel was ihen used by him and is the properly of georgetown lodge in the dis trict of columbia this apron and sash here the speaker held up ihese ancient relics adorn ed his noble form he understood the use of the one and the high moral instruction derived from the oilier wiih these simple relics of olden limes how many and interesting associa tions spring up that apron and sash were in 1824 moistened with lhe tears of the gallant frenchman who toiled and shed his blood for us they are yet the properly of alexandria lodge and the liberal gills of lafayette to his brother washington inestimably valuable as this connection renders them oh how precious and above all price do they become especially | wiih you my country-women when we know j they were prepared at la grange and arc the . work of the fair hands of madame de lafay i etie keep and p.eserve them my kind bro thers of lodge no 22 unused and unworn by | any the most elevated and distinguished they are sacred legacies to you and never can be looked on thai the mighty name and virtues of washington do not freshly spring up before us | the master's chair loo was given by wash \ ington to the same lodge he often occupied i it and may it continue lo be adorned by sue } cessors who may imitate but can never equal 1 the donor in wisdom strength and beauty â€” j such is an imperfect and half-finished out-line of his masonic character and services he died as he had lived devotedly one of us and | was buried as he desired with masonic hon ors if we look for a bright and spotless example j â€” if we seek for light and truth â€” if we desire j lo follow lhe blazing pathway of a noble spirit i then washington should be our beacon light ! by him we may be guided as by a cloud by day and a pillar of lire by night as the great exemplar of our order he never failed to incul cale " peace on earth and good will lo all men i around him shone lesser lights many of j them had they lived in other periods would i have given lustre to their times but he stands i not alone in the temple as the chief key and cap stone of lhal temple he is sustained and supported by other tried and trusty workmen ! franklin the scholar and he patriot â€” warren ! the tirsl grand master of masons in america ! and who died loved and admired gallantly bat j tling for his country â€” lafayette greene mar ! shall mercer and randolph were his masonic associates it is of such as these that our tem ple has been erected they are the examples of our own country the bright and shining lights of our order adding power and beauty lo all its parts the historian informs us that all the major generals of the revolutionary army except one were master masons each of ihem had beheld that hieroglyphic bright which none but craftsmen ever saw and all save lhat benighted one died respec ted and beloved he alone proved a traitor and went lo his grave stamped with the infamy cf a traitor turning to our time the lights of masonry burn yel brilliantly how many of our best and purest do we find united with its hopes its prospects and its fortunes look around us now and behold the men who blush not at being hailed as sincere and honest masons and esteem themselves honor ed with being this day with us end dressed with the simple badge of a white apron yes iu this stand is the governor of our state the re spected first officer of the commonwealth he is one of us shall i tell you who sits beside him 1 does the hero of tbe rio grande the victor of buena vista the elected president of the nation who has long served his country with devotion and fidelity and although not one of us require a higher compliment than io say thai he too will meet us as a brother but among us we have some young members and devoted associates ; our old friend and amiable brave and true selden the hero of chapultapec ; and the sterling soldier too of the ancient county of amelia he who glorious ly won his brevet at resaca de la palma â€” the gallant graham â€” they are others ofthe craft well may this the greatest assemblage of masons ever collected in this commonwealth exclaim ** how lovely and how beautiful it is for brethren to dwell together in harmony and peace the power and the influences of our order are most happily exemplified so great indeed have these been known to be lhat in the heat and fury of the battle strife when men even the red and wild indians of ihe forest were maddened by rage and the scalping knife and tomahawk were reeking with the blood of their victims a single word has stricken down and paralized the uplifted arm of the warrior and saved his prostrate and helpless foe such i was ihe case at the river raisin but i forbear â€” i have passed the limits im posed on myself there is but one sentiment which pervades lhe hearts of this vast mulli tude but one desire lhat animates us all ; it is that this monument with which the honor and gratitude of the state are now indissolubly as sociated may be speedily and successfully com pleted and spirits of our departed fathers we ask you to look down on us and encourage us with your smiles and your blessings in this our great and laudable undertaking love geography â€” bob where is the state of matrimony it is one of the united states it is bounded by bugging and kissing on the one side and cradles and babies on the other its chief products are population broomsticks and slaying out of nights â€” it was discovered by adam and eve while trying to find a north west passage out of paradise the climate is sultry till you pass the tropics of house keeping when squally weather commonly sets in with sufficient power to keep all hands as cool as cucumbers for the principal roads to this interesting state consult the first pair of blue eyes you run against !" playing the amiable amorous young gentlemen should be cautious of borrow ing poetry a lover was once whispering expressions of admiration in the ear of his mistress â€” and borrowed a sentimental strain from philip sydney when he paused from failure of recollection the la dy said â€” pray sir go on the next i page is much better from the charlotte journal mr stanly tbe enemies of this gentleman are so intent on injuring him if possible that an attempt has been made to excite the methodists against him by stating that he had referred to the ministry of that body as the hundred dollar fellows by way of derision as we had not seen the report j in full of that part of his speech we could not tell whether the charge wasjust or not but we now give the extract in full as re ported in the globe and we are certain that not a methodist of the strictest sect can take exceptions to his remarks he ; does refer to tbe ministry as the hundred j dollar men but not in a spirit of derision bot a spirit of approbation how could he be otherwise when we learn that he i has a brother in the ministry but here is the extract let every person read it for himself the honorable gentleman from alaba j ma commenced this morning hy saying that he was a member of the methodist episcopal church yes and i referred to the fact yesterday in courtesy he pro mulgates it this morning i know it and the country knows it â€” from extracts which have been published from his ser i mons he is one of those gentlemen i j doubt not who desire to procure the eclat ; ofthe galleries and the compliments of the i ladies for his sermons and he comes here j this morning to pour out his malice upon me i cannot but have respect for its i clergy in spite of the exhibition we have had here this morning they are the pi j oneers of religion in our country they i are not like the gentleman from alabama ! who knows a great deal more about vat | te kynkershnek and grotius de jure j belli than ofthe epistles of st peter st paul or st james but they are these j hundred dollar men who take their sad \ die-bags and ride through our american i forrests sending forth glad tidings oi great joy to the black and to the white they | are to religion what our yankees are to commerce they go where nobody else go and do not preach for glory or for pay or any thing of that sort they do not dance attendance on the great â€” are not frequent in park with lady at his side # # # " # constant at routs familiar with a round of ladyships through these men the poor have the gospel preached unto them the nashville convention â€” from all we can learn from our exchanges there is a great deal more opposition to the pro posed nashville convention than we had any thought there would have been pa j pers from all parts cf the south have come to band containing resolutions op j posed to it they give as a reason that j the proposed convention they fear will \ have a tendency to weaken the bonds | that hold the states together we remark [ however a universal spirit of opposition i to anything calculated to compromise the j honor of the south those who are in favor of the nashville convention are sincere in the belief of its efficacy if not to adjust the present difficulty at least to strengthen the hands of southern congress men ; whilst the opposers of the conven â€¢ tion take the ground that it will tend to wards disunion trammel our representa ' tives in congress or at least do no good to a fair difference of opinion fairly ex , pressed no thinking man ought to object ; nor do we but we do object to the spir it in which both these southern parties oppose each other what good can it do the south lo hear one party call the other disunionists and demagogues and to hear the other party retaliate by calling out traitor abolitionist ally of the northern fanatics cc 1 no ; let every man and every paper express an opinion in a manly and fearless manner but at the i same time treat their opponents with gen erosity give them credit for sincerity it is not right to suppose that one who ! may be opposed to us in opinion is cor | rupt our own sincere opinion is that | the nashville convention is not calcula ted to do good did we think otherwise we would undoubtedly advocate the hol i ding of said convention for our opinion i sincerely held and openly expressed we 1 do not like to be classed amongst the op : ponents of the south such conduct as we have attempted to ' describe places the south in a false posi tion it tends to send for an idea that the south is not united â€” that should an emergency come her people would not stick together for mutual protection and assistance now we all know that such is not the case ; for no matter how differ ent may be the means proposed by the different parties the end and aim of all is the same â€” the prosperity of their common south then gentlemen editors and pel iticians quit calling each other hard names differ as much as you please in i your opinions but express those opinions like gentlemen â€” n c argus oct the standard represents the times as being " out for equal suffrage as well as for judges by the people we are in favor ofthe next legislature submitting lhe question to the people wheiher they desire these things ; and also the election of justices of the peace hy the - people and we remarked " the proper lime to discuss tbe principles involved will be when they come regularly before the people for tbeir ! action â€” raleigh times we must confess that we are not deep ly mortified to see the disorganizing con vention nt nashville so universally con demned by all the prints professing amer icanism and patrotism the hartford convention during the last war with eng land should warn the advocates of lhe anticipated one at nashville of their doom the plain up and down fact of lhe busi ness is our people enjoy too man it liberties to hazard for a moment the stability of the union the world is too much interest ed in our thus far happy project of self government it would not be altogether right now to dissolve the firm and thus crush forever its brightest hopes it would be worse than cruel fratricide to extin guish forever the latent sparks of freedom in every land that are kept alive solely by the wind from the wings of our noble bird as he takes his course heavenward freedom's cause knows no bound â€” it is not local but encircles with a sympathet ic chord the habitable globe it has vo taries in every clime and all animated by the same glorious and liberalizing aspira tions for fraternity and equality dis solve the union ? never ! it is too pre cious in all that lends heat to lhe political heart and in all that is nourishing to pa triotism to be thus idly swept away no we will maintain it ; and to do so we are prepared to stand the hazard of the die let disunionists and foreign emissaries croak bark and plot yet ihey will be sad ly mistaken in believing that americans do not know their rights and liberties and knowing them will not maintain them at every hazard one and inseperable we cannot we will not be dissevered we take the above from lhat spirited and fearless paper the brandon miss republican the republican is publish ed some dozen miles from jackson and speaks right out in meeting in condemna tion of the nashville convention â€” mobile advertiser navigation of new river fcc in the senate on wednesday last mr mangum presented a memorial signed hy three hundred citizens of onslow county in this state in favor of the improvement ofthe navigation of new river and the establishment of a port of entry at jack sonville onslow mr m in presenting the petition said it was signed by three hundred of the most respectable citizens of the community in which they reside in the county of onslow north carolina it represented that the river which passes through that portion ofthe state is obstructed by shoals at the point at which it enters the coun | ty and the petitioners pray that a small appropriation be made for the purpose of removing these obstructions the peti tion sets forth that in that immediate vi cinity the waters are not navigable for more than twenty miles and that the pro ductions of turpentine corn cotton and various other articles cannot be easily transported he knew this to be so and that the land there was as fertile as that of any region in the country that part ofthe country was most abundantly sup plied also with naval stores of every de scription â€” the finest forrests the largest trees that he had ever seen except upon the banks of tbe cumberland â€” which were useless on account of the difficulty in getting them to the ocean he thought that if appropriations were ever made no place could be found where the appro priation to the extent which was asked could be more usefully made very little had been asked by this portion of the country and they had uniformly received less than any others he trusted that the petition would meet with a due and favor able consideration the boston transcript says that dr webster's family were wholly unprepared for the terrible result of his trial they had secured their own passage and that of professor webster at his direction for fayal for the 20th of this month they have all along had the strongest persua sion of his innocence ; and were complete ly prostrated by the overwhelming intel ligence of his conviction the times says that a letter of condo lence to the unfortunate family is now in circulation in the city of cambridge and already contains a large number of names among which are ihose ofthe hon jared sparks hon edward everett and judge s p p fay the character of the paper is to assure the alllicted family that not withs'anding the sad fate of the husband and father the wife and daughters will continue as ever to he respected esteemed and beloved by their friends and that all that can be done will be done to comfort and support them under this terrible bur den of affliction prussic acid in cholera in the lon don medical ttÂ«i allopathic of nov 12 1349 dr downing mentions his having used prussic acid in extreme collapse with manifest advantage mr shea at dr d.'s suggestion tried it in more than one hundred cases of cholera and stated his conviction lhat it was superior tu any thing that he had ever before employed he had given it to children as young as nine months old wiih excellent effect and he had never in anv case foond prejudi cial effects follow its use both ol those gentlemen are of the allopathic or r gu | lar practice gen taylor col bliss mrs bliss j â€” a washington correspondent of he boston journal writes as follows : â€” general taylor i have seen he is " rough and ready â€” plain and hearty in his address â€” and doul-tless mos at home when most re tired from the ceremonies of his office he is in good health wbicb is well preserved by his regular habits ; he is '* early to bed and early to rise as i am inlorm y one who sleeps under the same roof he seldom rides in his carriage ; and when free from lhe duiies of his position finds quiet and repose in his homecir cle which is made inviting and happy by his good wile who is seldom seen public lien erai taylor aud lady are regular attendants up on the st john's episcopal church service the former always preset in moining the latter both pails ofthe day 1 saw them last si.nday al church and on iheir way home walking â€” therel-y giving rest lo man servant and bea 14 within thy gales mrs taylor is an ac cornplished lady of high morals and religious character and atoi is public life from eh i.*e ; choosing to be th faithful wife of " '/.. taylor rather lhan lo participate in he honors and gaieties oftbe white house col bliss is worthy of the fame he enjoys he is a gentleman rather below the medium height â€” stoul built â€” ol tine clear dark complex ion and quite bald he is very quiet and un assuming in his nanner not talkative always calm like collector greely he is iruly clever both iu the mericao and english acceptation oflhe term 'â€¢ genteel in tijuri easy in dn ss moves without noise and swift as an express l-rts a message with a pleasing grace expert in all the dtiu.-s of ins place 1 mrs bliss is worthy of more celebrity than she enjoys at the evening receptions she does ibe honors ol the hour and well she acts her part she has a kind word and a sweet smile lor each of lhe hundreds lhal crowd her presence she is of light complexion rather under the medium size of fine figure and re markably chaste in her d.ess long may she live lo make happy lhe brave man of herj'ath er's choice an 1 to honor her sire who has so much honored her old whiten alias billy is now eighteen years old and occupies ihe stable east of the while louse he has served in florida and in mexico has liorne ibe old general over ma ny a battle field and now shoeless is reaping lhe rewards he so richly deserves he bears two ball wounds oue upon the neck lhe other upon the right hip hundreds weekly visit tho old war horse and feel lhe prints ol lhe balls from the richmond whig of april 3 1850 shower of flesh about 4 o'clock p m yesterday being l-ood friday a small cloud passed over mr chas h clarke and several of my servants a few paces from tbe south bank of pamunkey river in lhe lower end of hanover county va on the estate called faimington and discharg ed around the parlies over a surface of some thing less than one rod of ground various pie cies ot flesh and liver too wei defined in each sort to allow of any mistake in their character i gathered this morning from the spot about 4 to 6 oz distributed over the above mentioned suitace the pieces picked up at the remotest points in a line from n e to s w were a lÂ»oul 5 paces from each other one weighed near an ounce the direction of the cloud was irom n e to s w as described by mr c who is a gentleman of intelligence and estab lished credibility mr brown with mysell visited the spot this morning and all aided iu picking 15 lo 20 pieces which 1 have by me at this moment and from which 1 send you a sample aud desire il may be passed over lo dr gibson thai he may ascertain what of flesh il is the flesh and liver are in a perfect stale al this moment and the latter part 1 shall put in alchobol for lhe future inspection of the curious something of tin sort was published as occurring leceutly in north carolina i think and a year or two since also in ken lucky or tennessee those who are fond of portents are informed thai this flesh leil within a hundred yards of my servants burying ground and the cloud must have passed directly over that as well as the graves of my own immediate ancestors â€” i have neither lime space or inclination for comment i>ut am respectfully yours g w besse rr clover lea march 30th 1_5u cotton factories in the west the new orleans bulletin mentions the ar rival at lhal place of a large quantity ol ma chinery de-lined for a large cotton factory 10 be established at ca.i.ielion indiana with a capital of 350,000 all of which is paid in the factory is situated on a beautiful site on tbe ohio river in a village where ten years ago was a complete wilderness but which now contains a population of 3000 inhabitants the bulletin asks wiih a great deal of pro prietv a question which should address itself lo the entire south : " when will louisiana a waken to ihe immense advantages of such es tablishments here ." millions of pigeons â€” letters from in diar.a complain lhat some of the pigeon roosts cover the forests for miles destroy ing the timber a letter from laurel savs ; i am completely worn down the pigeons are roosting all through the wuoils and the roost extends for miles â€” our neighbors and ourselves bave for several ni__ht had to build large lires and kf-ep up the report of lire-arms to scare them off while 1 write within a f*iirtr ter ofa mile there are 30 guns firing â€” the pigeon come in such large tiantities as to destroy a great deal of timber break limbs oft large trees and even tear up some by the roots th woods are cov ered with dead pigeons how to be happy â€” __ little child seven years old one da said to her mo her â€” mother i have learned how to be happy and shall always be happy my dear said her mother how can that be done ?"' she said it is by not caring anything a bout myself bul trying to make everybody else happy o ! children this is the way â€” love god and love to do good to all a round you and ou will be happy qq^the legislature of the s'ate of massachusetts decided last week by a vote of two hundred and sixty to one that certain fanatics who bad petitioned for the dissolution oflhe union might h.ve leave to withdraw their petitions